Connectivity Providers Database

Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 12:19:46 +0000 From: Souleymane Kante <kante@globeaccess.net>,<souleymanekante@yahoo.com> To: Steven G. Huter <sghuter@nsrc.org> Subject: Re: l'etat de l'Internet en Cote d'Ivoire Message-ID: <3CD28062.587B1588@globeaccess.net> Bonjour Steven, > 1) What is the total international bandwidth to CI at this time ? The SAT-3 project will be effective in this month. CI will have an international connectivity with a large bandwith soon. The bandwidth is estimated to 34MB. But for the moment each ISP has his own VSAT link. We have also an international link with the USAID Leland Initiave at 512K. ISP in CI Link Type Bandwidth Upstream ISP POP location ========= =========== =========== ================ ============== AfricaOnline VSAT approx 1MB ABIDJAN, BOUKE Globe Access Internet VSAT 1MB + 256K IP PLANET ABIDJAN AVISO VSAT 2MB France Telecom ABIDJAN, BOUAKE, SAN PEDRO AFNET VSAT 4MB/2MB ABIDJAN URLs: -AVISO : www.aviso.ci -AfricaOnline: www.africaonline.co.ci -Globe Access Internet : www.globeaccess.net -AFNET: www.afnet.net > 2) What is the total estimated number of Internet users in CI ? DIALUP : 20.000 Leased line: 20.000 > 3) Could you pls provide an estimate of the user base, in percentages, > for the following categories: Academic/Research and Education 10% Commercial users 75% Ivorian NGO/non-profit 3% CI Government users 5% Intl orgs (i.e. UN, WB, etc.) 7% > 4) Are any of the networks in CI using wireless links ? YES. Cylink Radio-modem equipment, cisco aironet, Breezecom, .... souleymane <kante@globeaccess.net>